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LEGAL FORMALITIES [9 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
DEF

A moral duty that is not enforceable by judicial action.

CONT

Natural obligations are recognized in civil-law jurisdictions. While they are not enforceable by judicial action, something that has been performed under a natural obligation may not be reclaimed.

OBS

A term sometimes applied to obligations said to arise from the law of nature only or from natural justice and equity, such as the obligations between parents and children. The term is sometimes applied also to obligations binding morally but, for technical legal reasons, such as defective formalities, not legally enforceable, though having some effect, such as barring a claim for repayment of a debt due but not enforceable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
DEF

Obligation qui résulte d'un pouvoir moral ou de conscience et qui n'est pas, selon la loi, susceptible d'exécution forcée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

A legal lease is one which is recognised by the Common Law. However, statutory provisions now exist both to define what is a legal lease and to state the formalities necessary for the creation of a valid legal lease.(MacMillan, "Law of Leases", p. 13)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

bail en common law; location à bail en common law : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

consular formalities :Formalities that must be completed in relation to imports and which require the intervention of a consul, such as the legal processing or authentication of documents. Consular duties are charged for these services.

OBS

consular formality: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • consular formalities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

formalités consulaires : Les redevances et autres charges ne sont pas imposées pour les formalités consulaires, telles que factures et certificats consulaires, dont la liste sera arrêtée de façon exhaustive par le Comité APE [de l'accord de partenariat économique].

OBS

formalité consulaire : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • formalités consulaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diplomacia
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Formalidades que deben cumplirse en relación con las importaciones y que implican la intervención de un cónsul, por ejemplo, para la legalización de documentos. Pueden cobrarse derechos consulares por estos servicios.

Key term(s)
  • formalidades consulares
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Record 4 2009-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
CONT

Readiness to discharge means that not only must the ship have reached her destination; she must also have complied with all the legal formalities necessary to enable the discharge to begin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
DEF

A company which operates as if it were a corporation although it has not completed the legal steps to become incorporated (has no filed its articles, for example) or has been dissolved or suspended but continues to function.

CONT

A Corporation de facto or created de facto is considered to exist when one or more persons act like shareholders without having legally formed a corporation. No articles of incorporation exist and no incorporation formalities were carry out, including registration... As a result, it is not a legal entity.

OBS

The courts temporarily treats the corporation as if it were legal in order to avoid unfairness to people who thought the corporation was legal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
OBS

Le législateur au fédéral et en Ontario rend «corporation» par «personne morale» mais celui du Nouveau-Brunswick et du Manitoba privilégie l'homographe français «corporation».

OBS

Lorsqu'on parle de société de fait dans ce cas-ci, il faut entendre une compagnie ou une personne morale qui ne remplit pas les conditions et les formalités prescrites par la loi.

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Legal Profession: Organization
  • Notarial Practice (civil law)
  • Electronic Commerce
CONT

The CyberNotary would have the traditional role of the notary in countries such as the U.S., that follow the Romano-Germanic civil law tradition, to administer oaths or declarations and to attest to or certify facts ... In addition, the CyberNotary would be qualified in digital signatures and information security technology to be able to electronically certify and authenticate the elements of electronic transactions required for enforceability under U.S. and foreign law.

CONT

The CyberNotary would provide assurance that transactions he or she processes meet the procedural and legal formalities in both civil and common-law jurisdictions.

OBS

The term "cybernotary" is usually written with a capital "S" in the sources consulted.

Key term(s)
  • cyber-notary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
  • Notariat (droit civil)
  • Commerce électronique
CONT

Le cybernotaire devra donc [...] posséder une double expertise, une expertise juridique, pour pouvoir établir la valeur légale d'un acte juridique, mais également une expertise technique pour pouvoir certifier tous les aspects d'une transaction commerciale électronique.

OBS

Le notariat est devenu un leader du système professionnel québécois en matière d'informatisation. Les notaires s'apprêtent même à faire le grand saut dans le commerce électronique pour devenir des cybernotaires. [...] Le CyberNotary Committee (aux États-Unis) estime que les notaires, en raison de leur impartialité, sont les personnes les mieux habilitées pour assurer le degré de sécurité nécessaire pour effectuer des transactions internationales.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

To complete or carry into effect. Where a legal instrument is involved, to complete all the formalities necessary in order to give validity thereto. Thus, to execute a deed requires that it be signed, sealed and delivered.(Yogis, 1983, p. 80)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

Mode of conducting business(espec. in Parliament) or legal action(criminal procedure, etc.), consisting in a series of formalities or rules which must successively be fulfilled in order to arrive at a certain result(the passing of a bill, the preparation of a case before a court hearing and the conduct of this).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
OBS

Conditions extérieures exigées pour la validité d'un acte juridique.

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
OBS

formalité : Opération prescrite par la loi, la règle, et qui est liée à l'accomplissement de certains actes (juridiques, administratifs, religieux) comme condition de leur validité.

Spanish

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